{"id":28642,"date":"2014-01-16T15:00:08","date_gmt":"2014-01-16T21:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whisnews21.com\/?p=28642"},"modified":"2014-01-16T15:00:08","modified_gmt":"2014-01-16T21:00:08","slug":"trace-enters-rehab-after-1st-drink-in-10-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/2014\/01\/16\/trace-enters-rehab-after-1st-drink-in-10-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Trace Adkins Enters Rehab After 1st Drink in 10 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"tsm-clipoard-container\">\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28031\" alt=\"Traceadkins01\" src=\"http:\/\/whisnews21.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/12\/traceadkins01.jpg\" width=\"750\" height=\"420\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>Trace Adkins took his first drink in over a decade, then checked into rehab earlier this week.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson confirms that the singer has entered a treatment facility after a setback in his battle with alcoholism. Meanwhile, reports circulate that the \u2018Just Fishin\u201d singer may have been involved in a fight.<br \/>\n\u201cAs he faces these issues head-on, we ask that his family\u2019s privacy will be respected,\u201d the representative tells Country Weekly.<br \/>\nTMZ reports that Adkins was involved in a fight with an impersonator who was doing karaoke onboard a country music cruise. The two allegedly got physical, and when the cruise ship docked in Jamaica, the real singer left.<br \/>\nThis is not Adkins\u2019 first visit to rehab for treatment. In December 2002, he completed a 28-day alcohol rehabilitation program at the Cumberland Heights Alcohol and Drug Treatment Center near Nashville, saying it was a positive experience and something he needed to do for himself, his family and his career. One year earlier, he pleaded guilty to DUI charges.<br \/>\nAdkins was set to headline Country Cruising beginning Sunday (Jan. 12). The cruise also features\u00a0Montgomery Gentry, Wynonna Judd, Neal McCoy and Craig Morgan and was scheduled to stop in Cozumel, Jamaica and the Grand Cayman Islands. All of Adkins\u2019 performances on the ship have been canceled.<br \/>\nIt\u2019s not clear what treatment facility the singer has entered, or how long he\u2019ll be staying. Adkins is normally active on his Twitter page, but has been quiet since posting\u00a0the following message on Jan. 12:\u00a0\u201dUp here in my suite, overlooking the pools. Behave yourselves.\u201d<br \/>\nAdkins\u2019 next scheduled tour stop is on Feb. 8 in Harrisburg, Pa.<br \/>\n-Taste Of Country\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trace Adkins took his first drink in over a decade, then checked into rehab earlier this week. A spokesperson confirms that the singer has entered a treatment facility after a setback in his battle with alcoholism. Meanwhile, reports circulate that the \u2018Just Fishin\u201d singer may have been involved in a fight. \u201cAs he faces these issues head-on, we ask that his family\u2019s privacy will be respected,\u201d the representative tells Country Weekly. TMZ reports that Adkins was involved in a fight with an impersonator who was doing karaoke onboard a country<a href=\"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/2014\/01\/16\/trace-enters-rehab-after-1st-drink-in-10-years\/\" class=\"read-more\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28031,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28642"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}